Improvement in pruning-tool



' OFFICE.

.i GEORGE Amster, on immettere,TOWNSHIP7 MICHIGAN.

IMMPRQVEMENTIN yPRUNINCsl-TOOL. l

` specification formiiig part of Letters Patent No. 103,005, dated May 11, 187'0.

4 I, GEORGE W. ANnsLEY, of the `to'vfvnship of Maren go,-

provements in. Iiuningllools, of which the following is a specification:

The first part .of my invention relates-to iniprovementsin the conformation andlsetof the shear hook and blade, so that,while making a heafy drawing cut, the acute cutting-edge may not override the more obtuse edge of the hook, andalso in extendingthe cutting-blade past the hok, to act as a chisel in paring oi' small shoots.

y The second part of my invention relates toV V` providing one of the handles with a strained sawblade,4wl1ich may be removable both from Aor with the handle, the 'object being to saw o'l the limbs of trees toov large to be sheared oi, all as shown in the. annexed. drawings, in,

which- Figure lis a perspective view.. Fig. 2 is an edge view' of the blades.

-A is the' hook, and is the cutting shearblade, each provided with atang inserted into a long handle, C. The hook and blade are pivoted together at a point as close as practicable to the base of the cutting-edges, as at n, the `concave edge of the hook being ground to rather less than a right angle,-with its cutting-face and the convex-edge of the shearblade to a sufficiently thin cutting-edge. The

'hook and cutting-edgeof` the shear-blade B l should be formedw-itha bold deep curve to-` `ward the base, substantially as shown, forkthe purpose of clasping a good-sized limb close to `theffulcrum-pivot by a moderateextension-of the handles, andalso4 tomake a cleanldraw ing cut without having the limb slipped forward in the act of cutting.

I construct my shear cutting-blade so asl to extend-the cutting-edge, las at d, beyond the i scope of,tl1e shear-cut, that it may do dutyas l a chisel `in trimming oi' small shoots, and

shape the opposite edge of such extension like a blunt hook, as shown at h, to rake down lodged limbs .or shoots, or to hang up the shears by while using the pruning-saw, which attachment I Willnow proceed to describe. y s is the saw-blade,and c is a slit-stud, in which the forward'end `of` the saw is hung, in

the ordinary-way, by a pin or screw. The `hinder end issecured 1n a similar manner 1n in the county ofCalhou'n and State of Michigan, have` invented certain Im al screw-clip, t', passing through the stud e', and vcarrying a thumb-nut, N, for straining the saw.

The stud e is secured to a ferrule, F', slipped on the taper handle of the shears, so as to wedge fast at the proper point.

There are two points or parts to which the Y.forward saw-stud .e may be attached. One is tow'eld it to the shears tang, as shown at the right` in the drawing, 'and the other is to weld it to the ferruleG of the" handle, as shown in dotted lines at the left; In this latter case, the tang would have to be so fitted that the handle would be detachable at pleasure,

When, therefore, it became necessary to use the saw, the handle could, with the saw on it,

be detached from the tang, the shearshung byl its blunt hook to the tree, and, when the sawin ,gf-oft' process was completed, the handle could be' restored to its place without the operator having to change .his position in the tree.

I will sayhere that, with shears having such aconform'ation as mine, it' is necessary to so set the cutting-blade and hook that,when they are pivoted and' shut together, there will be a smalldiverging space between them from the base to the point, as shown in Fig. 2, ard-this,

in connection with the somewhat obtuse-angled edge of the hook, neutralizes the tendency to overlap in making heavy drawing cuts. Also, to enable the shears to prune as close as is often desirable; the outer corner of the hook should be ehamfered, so as to bring the face ofthe hook more in range with the beveled` `face ofthe cutting-blade B..

` My improvements, as herein described', adap this "implement for every variety of pruningworlrin orchard, garden, or lield. i

I am well aware that a curved cutting-blade acting in connection with a conformablefshaped4 hook, to produce what is knownl as a drawing cut, is 'an oldpruning device, and that a mere difference in degree, although an improvement, might not be deemed a patentable one; i v

but 1 am not aware that the devices herein describedby theuse of .which the operatoris enabled te apply the utmost leverage power without bringing the cutting-edges into destructive contact, and by which an additional use is given to the cutting-blade by its chisel extension, has ever before been embodied in pruning-shears as in mine.

I claim as my inventionl. In combination with a pruning-shears, the pruning-saw s and attaohme11ts constructed as described, and connected with one of the handles C, so as to be removable with it for use when the said handle is made detaehable, substantially as und for the purpose set forth.

2. The blade B, made with the chisel-edge d, forming a continuation of the shear-edge, and hook h, and the hook A, which has an obtuse cutting-edge, When said blade and hook are so attached to each other that the cutting portions will diverge, as shown in Fig. 2, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The improved pruning-tool herein described, composed of the blade B, chisel d, and

GEORGE W. ANEsLEY.

Witnesses Orro L. JOHNSON, ALBERT PATCH. 

